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1,Because of the emphasis placed on classroom work .the instructor will report your absences to adviser

A,large B,strong C,hard D,high

2,I would appreciate it a secret.

A,your keeping B,that you keep

C,you to keep D,that you will keep

3,It's already 5 o'clock now,Don't you think it's about time ?

A,we are going home B,we go home

C,we went home D,we can go home

4,Before he left for his vacation he went to the bank to some money.

A,pull B,pick C,gain D,draw

5,By the end of the year all but two people .

A,have left B, will leave C,will be leaving

D,will have left

We lived in a house with a yard surrounded by a rock wall. Last summer, I found a little unknown plant in the yard, we decided to let it continue growing until we could1what it was.

The mysterious plant appeared to be a sunflower, so I decided to take care of it. One day, as I pull rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something2.The sunflowers had not3where I saw the stalk（茎）began. It4had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the5.

That’s when I6that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its7of developing, we too have the capability of doing the same thing.8our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can9the same nutrient as well.

10,we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in11our desires. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle（障碍）because it12in the universal truth and had13that it would succeed.

Stand tall like the sunflower and be14of who andwhat you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or15your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.

1.A.watch outB.work outC.give outD.figure out

2.A.wonderfulB.secretC.valuableD.unusual

3.A.passedB.startedC.stoppedD.broken

4.A.aimlesslyB.naturallyC. especiallyD.actually

5.A.airB.topC .sunD.wall

6.A.realizedB.doubted C. expectedD.noticed

7.A.placeB.wayC.courseD.process

8.A.AlthoughB.SinceC.UnlessD.Once

9.A.seekB.digC.gainD.attract

10.A.FirstB.GenerallyC.FinallyD.Eventually

11.A.settingB. controlling C.achievingD.directing

12.A.layB.trustedC.grewD.rooted

13.A.faithB.energyC.hopeD.courage

14.A.proudB.fondC.carefulD. aware

15.A.beneathB.overC. aboveD. around

The Worker's Role in Management

Traditionally, it has been the worker's role to work and management's role to mange. Managers have planned and directed the firm's operation with little thought consulting the labor force. Managers have rarelyfelt compelled to obtain the worker's opinions or to explain their decisions to their employees. At most, companies have provided "suggestion boxes" in which workers could place ideas for improving procedures. In recent years, however, many management specialists have been arguing that workers are more than sellers of labor-－they have a vital stake in the company and many be able to make significant contributions to its management. Furthermore, major company decisions profoundly affect workers and their dependents. This is particularly true of plant closings, which may put thousands on the unemployment lines. Should workers, then, play a stronger role in management?

Workers should have a role in management. At the very least, the labor force should be informed of major policy decisions. (A common complaint among rank-and-file workers is the lack of information about company policies and actions.) Between 1980 and 1985 about five million workers were the victims of plant closings and permanent layoffs, often with no warning. At least 90 day's notice ought to be given in such instances so that workers have time to adjust. Management should consult workers before closing a plant, because the workers might be able to suggest ways of improving productivity and reducing costs and might be willing to make concessions that will keep the plant operating.

It should become a general practiceto include workers in some managerial decision making. There ought to be representatives of the workers on the firm's board of directors or other major policymaking groups. If rank-and-file workers are givena voice in the planning and management of the work flow, they will help to make improvement, their morale will rise, and their productivity will increase. As a further incentive, they must be given a share in the company's profits. This can be done through employee stockownership plans, bonuses, or rewards for efficiency and productivity. Finally, when a plant can no longer operate at a profit, the workers should be given the opportunity to purchase the plant and run it themselves.

1. Traditional workers showed no interest in management.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

2. In recent years many management specialists have been arguing for the worker's role in management with two major reasons.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

3. Since policy decisions are business secrets of a firm, workers should not be informed of them.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

4. Before closing, a plant should put up a notice and keep it for 90 days.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

5. The workers' participation in management might save a plant from closing down.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

6. One of the advantages of involving workers in making a decision is that the interpersonal relationship between workers and managers can be improved.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

7. An efficient and productive worker should be rewarded with anything but shares of his plant.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. No mentioned

1. The young man promised to his parents, “I would never ____ again.”

A. let you down B. let you out C. let you in D. let you by

2. I will never forget the ten years _____we both spent in the little village.

A. when B. during which C. which D. in which

3. He is __________ student that heperformed well in the nationwide examinations.

A. so a diligent B. such a diligent

C. so much diligent D. such very diligent4. The manager of the company sent me a fax saying that he would visit us ______ next spring.

A. some time B. sometime C. sometimes D. some times

5. It is ______ that over one million Americans now live below the

poverty line.

A. judgedB. estimated C. calculated D. considered

6.A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to ___ the habit of smoking.

A turn up B pick up C make up D draw up

Design of all the new tools and implements is based on careful experiments with electronic instruments. First, a human “guinea pig” is tested using a regular tool. Measurements are taken of the amount of work done, and the buildup of heat in the body. Twisted joints and stretched muscles can not perform as well, it has been found, as joints and muscles in their normal positions. The same person is then tested again, using a tool designed according to the suggestions made by Dr. Tichauer. All these tests have shown the great improvement of the new designs over the old.

One of the electronic instruments used by Dr. Tichauer, the myograph （肌动记器）, makes visible through electrical signals the work done by human muscle.

Another machine measures any dangerous features of tools, thus proving information upon which to base a new design. One conclusion of tests made with this machine is that a tripod stepladder is more stable and safer to use than one with four legs.

This work has attracted the attention of efficiency experts and time-and-motion-study engineer, but its value goes far beyond that. Dr. Tichauer’s first thought is for the health of the tool user. With the repeated use of the same tool all day long on production lines and in other jobs, even light manual work can put a heavy stress on one small area of the body. In time, such stress can cause a disabling disease. Furthermore, muscle fatigue is a serious safety hazard.

Efficiency is the by-product of comfort, Dr. Tichauer believes, and his new designs for traditional tools have proved his point.

1. What are involved in the design of a new tool according to the passage?

A) Electronic instruments and a regular tool.

B) A human “guinea pig” and a regular tool.

C) Electronic instruments and a human “guinea pig”.

D) Electronic instruments, a human “guinea pig” and a regular tool.

2. From the passage we know that joints and muscles perform best when __________________.

A)they are twisted and stretched

B)they are in their normal positions

C)they are tested with a human “guinea pig”

D)they are tested with electronic instruments

3. A “myograph” (Para. 2, Line 1) is an electronic instrument that ________________.

A) is able to design new tools

B) measures the amount of energy used

C) enable people to see the muscular movements

D) visualizes electrical signals

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ________________.

A)a stepladder used to have four legs.

B)it is dangerous to use tools

C)a tripod is safer in a tool design

D)workers are safer on production lines

5. Dr. Tichauer started his experiments initially to _________________.

A)improve efficiency

B)increase production

C)reduce work load

D)improve comfort

Stevenson and his family went to Scotland for a holiday. One rainy morning, he took his wife and his son Lloyd out for a long walk over the hills. They had been 1this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days2.To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 3.

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert4that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of5.“What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the6treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly7 something of an adventure story in the boy’s8.While the rain waspouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story.He would make the9a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate（海盗）？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 10of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 11such a man in a story.12 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 13.

So, thanks to a 14 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve year old boy, we have one of the greatest 15stories in the English language.